“Failed?” With locked eyes, the counselor and I shared sullen expressions, hers with a hint of pity, and mine embodying exhaustion and anger. “I have two summer school periods you can pick from, or you need to repeat your year,” she responded, the pity dissipating and being replaced by a list of government rules. As my gaze fell I replied, “no, I don’t believe I will,” and returned my sight to the counselor’s face, her demeanor growing as confused as it was frustrated.
“You won’t be able to get a job without a diploma, Drew,” the bewilderment leaking from her eyes as she spoke. Without hesitation, I rose from my seat and turned my back upon the woman at the desk, for this subsisted to be the last we might encounter another, “we’ll see.” Neglecting any other instance of a farewell, I left the brightly lit room and stepped through to the dim halls of my …show more content…
Despite it not being my intentions to fail, now that I had, there was no reason for me to hang around; I wasn’t a minor, and I certainly did not desire to waste my first year of adulthood with them.
Perhaps it lacked the luster it once had, but my 2005 Chevy Cobalt still serves me well, and I intend to keep it in the condition to do so. Here is where I might swing my bag towards the passenger seat before starting the car, nevertheless, I still began the motion, but I abandoned my bag in the school, leaving it for the staff to find during summer. When the engine spurred and the lights flashed on, I felt a deep pang in my stomach, the kind one might get from public speaking or skydiving, only now did I fear this might be the wrong choice, but I had to go through with
“You won’t be able to get a job without a diploma, Drew,” the bewilderment leaking from her eyes as she spoke. Without hesitation, I rose from my seat and turned my back upon the woman at the desk, for this subsisted to be the last we might encounter another, “we’ll see.” Neglecting any other instance of a farewell, I left the brightly lit room and stepped through to the dim halls of my …show more content…
Despite it not being my intentions to fail, now that I had, there was no reason for me to hang around; I wasn’t a minor, and I certainly did not desire to waste my first year of adulthood with them.
Perhaps it lacked the luster it once had, but my 2005 Chevy Cobalt still serves me well, and I intend to keep it in the condition to do so. Here is where I might swing my bag towards the passenger seat before starting the car, nevertheless, I still began the motion, but I abandoned my bag in the school, leaving it for the staff to find during summer. When the engine spurred and the lights flashed on, I felt a deep pang in my stomach, the kind one might get from public speaking or skydiving, only now did I fear this might be the wrong choice, but I had to go through with